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Show elared the winner inside of Ave rounds. Despite the gloom which has boon cast over thein, the colored popula- i tlon In making great preparations to celebrate Johnson's lctory. i Mrs. Tiny Johnson, mother of th I colored champion, will receive re- turns after every round. Jack has f I made arrangements at Reno to have j one of hlB frb.nds telegraph a brief j description of every round to his Chl-chugo Chl-chugo home, which will be a rendezvous rendez-vous for a nuralit-r of colored persons on the afternoon of the fight. A tek-grniu was received by Mrs. Johnson lust night, In which the col ored champion stated: "Pon't believe anything you see In the ucwf. papers. 1 will win sure." JOHNSON SAYS BE WILL WIN Chicago, June 30. A scare has boon thrown Into the colored population popula-tion of Chicago because of the eager- j nos of eastern sporting men to j wager large sums of money on Jef- j Irles at odds of 2 to 1. Bofore the Influx of the eastern money the odds were 10 to 7 on Jef- I fries, but jov- thy :have , gone, to 2 -to, J 1 on- the Callfornlan. i.r.v'V-v ' :m Tliore -were lomft . bet: made ; that j the-flghtf.wlJL -notlgi twpnry rounds, while 'Othors-,Yfpaercl;lt-Would,, go-th,,, limit and 'jtoiM bo idraw. ;.T,herewr. 1 a number oLlfwrnk btjts rpadvir.the roo9t abatlrd being that JeffriCR would , win in th first rojnd, while another j one wag that Johnson would be do- |